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Civilization National characteristics, American Political culture United States Social psychology United States United States United States Civilization United States Civilization 1945- United States Civilization 20th century United States Politics and government United States Social conditionsMencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ohio University Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.8 MENBrooks, Colette
Summary: "In a culture trapped in the present tense, how can we keep the past from disappearing? When we lose sight of the past, our ability to understand ourselves on both a national and personal level is inhibited. While exploring the darker constants in modern American life - violence, militarization, rapid technological change, inability to be truly attentive - and the disorientation these elements...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Counterpoint 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 BROAndersen, Kurt
Summary: "In this sweeping, eloquent history of America, one of our sharpest observers, Kurt Andersen, demonstrates that what's happening in our country today--this strange, post-truth, 'fake news' moment we're all living through--is not something entirely new, but rather the ultimate expression of our national character and path. America was founded by wishful dreamers, magical thinkers, and true...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973 ANDCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 ANDBanks, Russell
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Stories Press 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 BANDelbanco, Andrew
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus, Giroux 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.9 DELMoyers, Bill D.
Summary: From Moyer's third PBS series, this text represents an unparalleled entree into the debates, the intellectual and cultural currents, and above all the fascinating people that have so powerfully shaped modern times.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The New Press 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.92 MOYBaldwin, Neil
Summary: Identifying ten values that have inspired and defined the American national consciousness, a history names the leaders who presented each ideal and explains how they shaped the nation's intellectual heritage.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 BALWill, George F.
Summary: America's most widely read and most influential commentator casts his gimlet eye on our singular nation. Moving far beyond the strict confines of politics, George F. Will offers a fascinating look at the people, stories, and events--often unheralded--that make the American drama so endlessly entertaining and instructive. With Will's signature erudition and wry wit always on display, One Man's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Forum 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 WILSummary: Declares "the American century", the name Henry Luce gave to an era of American prosperity beginning in 1941, dead, and collects essays explaining what the American century was and meant, and why many believe it has met a premature demise.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.91 SHODeMint, Jim
Summary: " In his new role as president and CEO of The Heritage Foundation, Jim DeMint has travelled the country talking to Americans about how to return to our founding principles and restore and protect our economy and culture for future generations. He's realized that he-and all of us as fellow citizens-must fall in love with America-again. In this book, DeMint introduces Americans all across the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 DEMAllen, Frederick Lewis
Summary: A survey of major changes in American life and ideas during the first half of the twentieth century, focusing on economic expansion and its influence on the American standard of living, thinking, and citizenship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 1952
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.91 ALLJacoby, Susan
Summary: Traces the current of anti-intellectualism from post-WWII to the present and argues that the nation's cult of unreason is both deadly and destructive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.91 JACHoock, Holger
Summary: "The American Revolution is often portrayed as an orderly, restrained rebellion, with brave patriots defending their noble ideals against an oppressive empire. It's a stirring narrative, and one the founders did their best to encourage after the war. But as historian Holger Hoock shows in this ... account of America's founding, the Revolution was not only a high-minded battle over principles,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 HOOWalker, Jesse
Summary: Presents a comprehensive history of conspiracy theories in American culture and politics, from the colonial era to the War on Terror.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Social Pol WalkerMcCullough, David G
Summary: "This timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, the most honored historian in the United States--winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among many other honors--reminds us of fundamental American principles. Over the course of his distinguished career, David McCullough has spoken before Congress, the White House, colleges and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 MCCMedved, Michael.
Summary: Reveals the truth about some of the most pernicious and pervasive myths about America, in a provocative look at such "lies" as corporate America oppresses ordinary citizens, and compassionate government programs provide the best escape from poverty.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Forum 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 MEDLubar, Steven D.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Institution Press in association with the National Museum of American History, Behring Center 2001
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973 LUBMurphy, Cullen.
Summary: The rise and fall of ancient Rome has been on American minds from the beginning of our Republic. Depending on who's doing the talking, the history of Rome serves either as a triumphal call to action, or a dire warning of imminent collapse. Esteemed editor and author Murphy ventures past the pundits' rhetoric to draw nuanced lessons about how we might avoid Rome's demise. Working on a canvas...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.01 MURLamb, David.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 1993
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 973.92 LAMBrooks, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.8 BROMeacham, Jon
Summary: "The current climate of partisan fury is not new, and in The Soul of America, Meacham shows us how what Lincoln called the "better angels of our nature" have won the day. Painting surprising portraits of Presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, and others, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2018
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973 MEACopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 MEACopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Hist US MeachamBoorstin, Daniel J.
Summary: Focuses on the American Colonial experience as a disproving ground for European ideas of utopia and probes the nature of the new civilization which emerged.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1964
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Some of the country's leading scholars and thinkers examine America's quintessential values, social and cultural institutions, political system, and challenges, as well as future trends.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.918 UNDShapiro, Ben
Summary: "#1 New York Times bestselling author Ben Shapiro returns with this book uncovering the Left's assault on history, language, and culture"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020